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Asian American literature /
This critical study of Asian American literature discusses work by internationally successful writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston, Chang-rae Lee, Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan and others in their historical, cultural and critical contexts. The focus of the book is on contemporary writing, from the 197...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2008]
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| Colección: | Edinburgh critical guides to literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This critical study of Asian American literature discusses work by internationally successful writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston, Chang-rae Lee, Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan and others in their historical, cultural and critical contexts. The focus of the book is on contemporary writing, from the 1970s onwards, although it also traces over a hundred years of Asian American literary production in prose, poetry, drama and criticism. The main body of the book comprises five periodized chapters that highlight important events in a nation-state that has historically rendered Asian Americans invisible. Of particular importance to the writers selected for case studies are questions of racial identity, cultural history and literary value with respect to dominant American ideologies. Key Features Discusses a representative range of Asian American literature, providing a sense of the diversity of the field and of its key themes and modes of writing Provides close readings of key texts through of case studies in their cultural, historical and critical contexts Encourages reflection on questions of literary value, canonicity and the scope and purpose of literary studies |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 220 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748629831 0748629831 9781780344706 1780344708 9786611357535 661135753X |
| Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |